Manuscripts

William M. Churchwell, headquarters Department of East Tennessee, Knoxville, letter to Eliza McCardle Johnson

Description: Autograph letter signed. Regarding her departure from Tennessee including timeframe and routes, passports and escorts to be provided. (1 page)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1862 April 26
Call number: HM 8221
Creator: Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries, George S. Hellman collection sale, November 1919. Collection had been given by Johnson's daughter Martha Patterson to her friend Laura Carter Holloway Langford, author of The Ladies of the White House; or, In the Home of the Presidents (1870). Langford apparently sold the material to New York collector George S. Hellman.
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Andrew Johnson, Greeneville, Tennessee, letter to Robert Johnson, Nashville

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Discusses the position of state geologist and Tennessee state politics; the recharter of banks, the currency issue, and banking; and activities in Greeneville. (8 pages)

HM 8206

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Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Johnson, Greeneville, Tennessee

Manuscripts

Autograph letter, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Regarding the appointment of William Churchwell and possible appointment for Robert Johnson, candidates for Congress from Tennessee, and politics. (4 pages)

HM 8205

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Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to Robert Johnson, Nashville

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Regarding Congress, William H. Barksdale's bill proposing the expulsion of free persons of color from Tennessee, the Tennessee state convention, and Stephen A. Douglas as a presidential candidate. (8 pages)

HM 8207

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Isham Green Harris, Murfreesboro, letter to Eliza McCardle Johnson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed. Reports that General Forrest is sending a flag of truce to Nashville for Eliza Johnson's travel. In pencil. (1 page)

HM 8218

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Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., letter to David Trotter Patterson, Greeneville, Tennessee

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Regarding a cadet appointment for Reuben Arnold, emigration to California, and the editorship of the Greeneville "Spy" and its future. (4 pages)

HM 8202

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Andrew Johnson, Greeneville, Tennessee, letter to Emily Miller, Washington, D.C

Manuscripts

Autograph letter initialed, with addressed envelope and franking signature. Regarding a copy of an address he is sending, reports he is not sure when he'll be in Washington, D.C. In pencil. (2 pages)

HM 8215

William M. Churchwell, headquarters Department of East Tennessee, Knoxville, letter to Eliza McCardle Johnson

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